Author : John Innes Mackintosh Stewart
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,13 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : 9780393025934
Offers a humorous, colorful account of an Oxford academic's coexistence with his alter ego, the author of detective novels, and provides an intimate look at his circle of Oxford-bred literary figures and friends
Author : J.I.M. Stewart
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,57 MB
Release : 2011-12-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755133498
The first in the acclaimed ‘A Staircase in Surrey’ quintet opens in Oxford at the eponymous annual dinner laid on by Fellows. Patullo finds himself embroiled in the problems faced by a Cabinet Minister and also Mogridge - famous for an account of his adventures in South America. But it doesn’t stop there, as Pattullo acquires problems of his own.
Author : Michael Innes
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 15,49 MB
Release : 2008-09-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1842327534
Successful minor poet, Philip Ploss, lives a peaceful existence in ideal surroundings, until his life is upset when he hears verses erroneously quoted as his own. Soon afterwards, he is found dead in the library with a copy of Dante's Purgatory open before him.
Author : Michael Innes
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 30,22 MB
Release : 2010-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755120949
Over a period of twenty years, a series of highly elaborate art hoaxes have been perpetrated, and in each case the victim has a very good reason for keeping quiet. Inspector Appleby's interest is kindled by an amusing dinner-party anecdote.
Author : Michael Innes
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,5 MB
Release : 2008-09-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1842327305
Inspector Appleby's aunt is most distressed when her horse, Daffodil - a somewhat half-witted animal with exceptional numerical skills - goes missing from her stable in Harrogate. Meanwhile, Hudspith is hot on the trail of Lucy Rideout, an enigmatic young girl has been whisked away to an unknown isle by a mysterious gentleman. And when a house in Bloomsbury, supposedly haunted, also goes missing, the baffled policemen search for a connection. As Appleby and Hudspith trace Daffodil and Lucy, the fragments begin to come together and an extravagant project is uncovered, leading them to South American jungle.
Author : Michael Innes
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 46,2 MB
Release : 2010-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755120027
Inspector Appleby is called to St Anthony's College, where the President has been murdered in his Lodging. Scandal abounds when it becomes clear that the only people with any motive to murder him are the only people who had the opportunity.
Author : Michael Innes
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,32 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Appleby, John, Sir (Fictitious character)
ISBN :
Author : Michael Innes
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 27,8 MB
Release : 2008-09-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 184232750X
When Inspector Appleby's car breaks down on a deserted road one dark night, he happens upon an imposing mansion, whose windows are all illuminated. His sense of curiosity gets the better of him when he discovers that the front door is wide open, and he gets a funny feeling of being watched as he wanders round this splendid house, looking for signs of life. When he finds an elaborate feast laid out, he wonders who is expected?
Author : Michael Innes
Publisher :
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 34,88 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN :
When a man swims to shore from a freighter off the Scottish coast, he interrupts a midnight rendezvous between Richard Cranston and Lady Blair. Richard sees an obscure opportunity to regain his honor with the Blair family after he hears the swimmer's incredible tale of espionage, treason and looming death. But this mysterious man is not all he seems, and Richard is propelled into life threatening danger.
Author : Michael Innes
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 36,56 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
